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The Oedipus Trilogy | Antigone Lines 1,214 – 1,470 Summary and Analysis

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A Messenger: a man who delivers news

Eurydice: the wife of King Creon, the mother of Haemon

Summary
When the Leader of the Chorus tells Creon that Tiresias has always been a truthful man, the king agrees. Suddenly confessing himself to be shaken and torn by the blind old man’s warning, Creon asks for advice. The Leader of the Chorus tells Creon to free Antigone from her walled burial vault and to build a proper tomb for her brother. Creon says he will do these things.

The Chorus speaks now, invoking the...



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